Hello There Watercolor Card

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all doing well and staying happy & healthy :) 

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my friend, Kimberly.

We actually challenged each other to make a card that incorporated watercoloring and then send them to each other. Watercoloring is definitely not in my comfort zone, but I gave it a go lol! 

Here is a look at my card:

I started by heat embossing my image from Pink Fresh Studio with some gold embossing powder onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to fill in my image. Once it was dry, I used a die from MFT to cut it out, stamped my greeting and used a little bit of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink to lightly go along the outside edges. I tied a bow with some crochet thread and popped it up with some foam tape onto a piece of polka dotted vellum. I attached everything to a bright pink cardbase and added a few sequins, drops of shimmer and Nuvo drops to complete my card! 

I will be entering my card into the following challenges:

--Arty Divas: #26 Anything Goes--

--Tuesday Throwdown: #461 Polka Dots--

--Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends: #136 Anything Goes--

--Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes--

&

--Fab N Funky: #490 Anything Goes but Add Pink--

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I appreciate it so much!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Products Used:

--Cardstock: Razzleberry (MFT), Vellum (Neenah), White (Bristol Smooth)

--Stamps: Teeny Tag Greetings (MY Creative Time), Spring Flowers (Pink Fresh Studio)

--Inks: Spun SUgar Distress Oxide, Versamark

--Dies: Hip Hip Hooray (MFT)

--Misc.: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Orange Marmalade Nuvo Drops, White Nuvo Drops, Sequins, Gold Embossing Powder, Foam Tape, Liquid Stardust Shimmer (Lawn Fawn)

Sending You An Ocean of Love

Hi everyone!

I hope you are having a fabulous day and aren't too hot where you are. It is super hot in my area so in my craft room I will stay lol! I made a super cute card today for

 Day 1 of the MFT Camp Create 2019 that actually started earlier this week.

Day 1 was all about Watercolor. Here is a look at what I created:

I mixed some Distress Oxide inks with some water to create my watercolors. I colored some watercolor cardstock with three different colors, getting lighter as I approached the top of the paper. The original plan was to have the entire front of the card be my watercolor panel, but I decided at the last minute to use a Zig Zag Stitched Circle Stax die to create more of a focal piece. Once I had my circle cut out, I added an ocean floor by using some kraft cardstock and the Stitched Basic Edges dies. I heat embossed my greeting along the bottom and added some little fish from the Friends with Fins stamp set and then popped up my circle with some foam tape to the front of my card base. I colored that adorable whale from the Friends with Fins set with my Copics and popped that up with more foam tape. I completed my little scene by adding some coral and sea weed from the Under The Sea dies and added a few Nuvo drops. I added a crochet bow the the top of my card and called it good!

I think this turned out so cute and I had a lot of fun playing with ink, water and paintbrushes today.

I will also be entering my card into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Make Your Own Background

Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies Used:

--Cardstock: Canson Watercolor, Copic, Cilantro (Lawn Fawn), Calypso Coral (SU!), Recollections

--Stamps: Friends with Fins (MFT)

--Dies: Under The Sea, Stitched Scallop Basic Edges, Zig Zag Stitched Circle Stax

--Inks: Stormy Sky, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxides, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

--Copics: B37, B34, B32, W1, W0

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Morning Dew Nuvo, Dark Walnut Nuvo, Honey Gold Nuvo, Corner Chomper, White Embossing Powder, White Gel Pen

Happy Birthday Watercolor Card

Hi everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday! We are getting some rainy weather here in my area so it's the perfect time to get a little crafting done and play along with a couple of challenges.

The challenges that I am playing along with are:

1. Seize The Birthday: #167 Anything Goes

2. AAA Birthday: #2 Use Water Colors

and

3. Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

Anything Goes + Optional Love 

(I didn't do the optional theme)

Fun right? Here is a look at the card that I created for the above challenges:

I love this little elephant stamp from Wild Rose Studio that I got a year or so ago and thought she would be perfect to pull out and play with again. I stamped my image onto some Bristol Smooth cardstock and used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to do my water coloring! I need a bit more practice with the watercoloring but it was so fun! I need to do it more often! Anywho, Once I had my image colored, I used a Scallop Rectangle die from Jaded Blossom to cut it out. I added my sentiment with some Onyx Black Versafine ink and a stamp set from Jaded Blossom. I created my card base from some Razzle Berry cardstock from MFT and layered it with some fun bright patterned papers from Doodlebug. I popped up my image panel with some foam tape and added a little crochet thread bow to my little elephant to complete my card. So super simple but I think it turned out so completely adorable!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies Used:

--Cardstock: Bristol Smooth, Razzle Berry (MFT)

--Patterned Paper: Happy Easter (Doodlebug)

--Stamps: Bunch Of Balloons (Wild Rose Studio), So Many Birthdays 3 (Jaded Blossom)

--Dies: Scallop Rectangle Dies 2 (Jaded Blossom)

--Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger), Onyx Black Versafine 

--Misc.: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Foam Tape, Crochet Thread, White Gel Pen

Jaded Blossom February Release: Day 5

Hey crafty friends!!

Happy happy Friday!! Today is day 5 of the Jaded Blossom February Release. 

Thanks so much for stopping by all week!! Here is a quick recap of the projects I made this week:

Monday

Tuesday

 Wednesday

Thursday

and that brings us to today! 

Today we are showcasing two stamp sets. They are Spring Origami and Flower Cluster. 

I decided to make a card using that gorgeous Flower Cluster stamp set.

I embossed the stamp with some gold embossing powder and actually dragged out my Zig Clean Color Brush Pens and did a little bit of watercoloring lol!! I had so much fun too!! After I had everything colored up, I used the Card Mat Dies to cut it out and then I used some more gold embossing powder to heat emboss my sentiment from the So Many Birthdays 3 set. I popped up my panel onto some gold glitter cardstock and attached it all to my card base. I finished off my card with some honey gold Nuvo drops. I love how it turned out! So pretty!!

Here is a look at the stamps being showcased today:

Flower Cluster

Spring Origami 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Be sure to come back for the February Release Blog Hop later on today at 4pm PST.

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Jaded Blossom Products Used:

--Flower Cluster

--So Many Birthdays 3

--Card Mat Dies

Other Products Used:

--Cardstock: Strathmore Bristol Smooth, Gold (Recollections)

--Ink: Versamark

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Glam Gold Embossing Powder, Honey Gold Nuvo Drops, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

You Octopi My Heart

Hi crafty friends!

Happy Friday!

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for the

 Lawn Fawnatics Challenge!

Challenge #7 is all about Watercolor.

Here is a look at the card that I made for the challenge:

I used some distress inks as watercolors and colored up a background of blues, greens and purples. I then used the Stitched Journaling card die to cut out a piece. I stamped out some cute octopuses and used more distress inks to color them in. I love using those inks for watercoloring :) I stamped my greeting and used a banner from the Bannertastic set to frame it. I fussy cut it out and popped it up onto my image panel. I attached some ribbon to my card base and layered my image panel over it and finished off my card with a few random sequins. I think it came out so cute and i adore the soft feel of it! 

I will also be entering my card into the following challenge:

CardzTv Card Crazy Crafters Anything Goes #4

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

--Cardstock; Canson Watercolor 7 recollections

--Stamps: Octopi My Heart & bannertastic (Lawn Fawn)

--Dies: Stitched Journaling Card & Octopi My Heart (Lawn Fawn)

--Inks; Jet black Archival, Wilted Violet Distress, Worn Lipstick Distress, Mermaid lagoon Distress & Cracker Pistachio Distress

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Black Micron Pen, White Gel Pen, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Satin Ribbon, Clear Wink Of Stella, C2 Copic Marker

Camp Create 2017 Day 1: Wonderful Watercolor

Hi everyone! 

I'm back with a quick post to share the card that I created for 

Day 1 of the MFT Camp Create.

Day 1 was all about watercolor. We were to create a project that incorporated watercolor in some way. I decided to make a little watercolor scene with my watercolors and to also watercolor my images. Since it is almost Summer, those cute penguins from the Penguins In Paradise set quickly came to mind. 

 I started with some watercolor cardstock and stamped my palm tree and heat embossed it with some clear embossing powder. I then started coloring my tree with my watercolors and created my sand, water and sky. I used a Cross Stitch Rectangle Stax to cut out my scene panel.  I stamped my penguin and used some clear embossing powder and then proceeded to color him with some watercolors also. I fussy cut him out and popped him up with some foam tape to my scene. I used the Hello from the Happy Greetings dies for my greeting. I finished off my card with some clear wink of stella and some morning dew nuvo drops. I love these penguins!! 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Canson Watercolor, Kraft (Recollections), Vellum (Neenah)

--Stamp: Penguins In Paradise (MFT)

--Dies: Cross stitch rectangle stax & happy greetings (MFT)

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Versafine Black Ink, Clear Embossing powder, Artist Loft Watercolors, Morning Dew Nuvo Drops, Clear Wink Of Stella

Shopping Our Stash #272

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

Shopping Our Stash!

This week challenge #272 is....

Duck, Duck, Goose!

(use birds and/or feathers)

Here is the project that I created for this challenge:

Confession....I bought the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy & Crazy Things stamp sets at a stamp expo last October (2015) and have never used them. This challenge was the perfect time for me to dig them out and ink them up!  I stamped my bird onto some watercolor cardstock and used some watercolor crayons to color it up. I stamped my greeting from a Pink & Main stamp set onto some blue cardstock and adhered it to my watercolor panel. I added a few doodle lines with a black pen and popped it up onto my card base with some foam tape. I finished off my card with some glitter glue on the polka dots. 

Neglected items from my stash that I used on my card are:

--Bird Crazy Stamp Set (a year old, first time using them)--

--Crazy Birds stamp set (a year old, first time using them)--

--Watercolor Crayons (bought in June, first time using them)--

--Glitter Glue (can't remember the last time I used it)--

Be sure to head over to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge Blog to see what my design team sisters created. I hope you will decide to make a project and join us, I would love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Recollections & Watercolor

--Patterned Paper: Perfectly Plaid (Lawn Fawn)

--Stamps: Birthday Wishes (Pink & Main), Bird Crazy & Crazy Things (Tim Holtz)

--Ink: Jet Black Archival

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Glitter Glue (Studio G), Watercolor Crayons (Recollections), Copic Multiliner

Card Harmony using Lawn Fawn's Sweet Smiles

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Today Kimberly and I are back with another Card Harmony post.

Here is a link to my blog post that tells a little bit about what Card Harmony is all about. 

We basically take turns purchasing stamps each month and then we both make a card using the same stamp set to see how alike or different our cards turn out. We add a little twist each month though to make it a little more challenging. 

This month we are using the stamp set from Lawn Fawn called 

Sweet Smiles.

Our twist this month was to incorporate watercolor.

This is the card that I created:

I stamped my image using some archival ink and then used the coordinating Sweet Smiles die to cut it out. I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens for my watercoloring. Once I had everything colored in, I set it aside and let it dry. I added some patterned paper and crochet thread along the side of my card. Once my gumball machine was dry, I added those fun little faces to the gumballs, added my greeting and popped up the machine with foam tape. I finished my card off with some enamel dots.

I will also be entering my card into the following challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge: #126 Sweets
Craft Your Passion: #304 Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party: #115 Anything Goes

Be sure to check out Kimberly's blog, Kimberly's Crafty Spot to see what she made for me!! 

It is so cool!! I love it so much!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!! 

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp

--Patterned Paper: Hello Sunshine (Doodlebug)

--Stamp: Sweet Smiles (Lawn Fawn)

--Dies: Sweet Smiles (Lawn Fawn)

--Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger)

--Misc.: Zig Clean Color Real Brush, Enamel Dots, Wink Of Stella Clear, Corner Rounder, Crochet Thread

Smile :)

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!!

I hope you are all having a great day!

We were snowed in for a bit this past weekend and I was able to get a little crafting in while I watched the snow fall outside. I love watching it snow, as long as I'm inside lol! 

I decided to make this fun little winter card for the current 

Lawnscaping Challenge: Watercoloring

I placed some ink from some distress markers onto a craft mat and added some water to create my watercolors. I colored my walrus and the ice he is sitting on as well as my Stitched Journaling Card. I added a bit of glossy accents to the ice, which faded my watercoloring just a little. It was a happy accident though cause it looks more like ice :) I finished of my card with some sequins and a fun little bow. 

I will also be entering my card into the following challenges:

--Craft Your Passion: #296 Anything Goes--

--Tuesday Throwdown: TT278 Anything Goes--

--PDE Linky Party: #107 Anything Goes--

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and looking at my latest creation!

I appreciate it so much!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

-Cardstock: Distress Watercolor (Ranger), White (Georgia Pacific)

-Patterned Paper: Altitude (Bo Bunny)

-Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger)

-Stamp: Critters In The Artic (Lawn Fawn)

-Die: Stitched Journaling Card (Lawn Fawn)

-Distress Markers: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass

-Misc.: Ribbon (AC), Sequins, Glossy Accents, White Gel Pen

Pink & Main Challenge #5

Hey everyone!

I hope your Saturday is off to a great start! 

Today marks the start of a new challenge over at 

Pink & Main!

The theme for the January challenge is.....

Sparkle!!!

(Think glitter, sequins, foil, anything that sparkles and shines)

You just need to simply create a new project, post it to your blog and enter by adding it to the inlinkz at the Pink & Main Challenge Blog.

Easy Peasy!!

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

For my card, I decided to do a little watercoloring. I used some distress inks and blended them together onto some watercolor cardstock. I then got a wet brush and blended them even more, as well as creating the watercolor effect. I set that layer aside and let it dry. I then took a piece of white cardstock and ran some versamark ink all the way around the edges. I sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and then used my heat gun to melt the powder. I used some foam tape to attach it to my card base. Once my watercolor piece was dry, I took some gold shimmer mist and sprinkled some onto my watercolor piece. I heat embossed that cute little greeting with more gold embossing powder onto a piece of vellum and then attached it by wrapping it and securing it to the back of the watercolor and then layered that onto my card with more foam tape. I finished off my card with some shiny gold sequins. 

P.S. Isn't that greeting so sweet?? It's a little sneak peek from one of the new sets that will be releasing on January 10th titled, "Hello Sweet" from Pink & Main.  I love the font and that big "Sweet"! 

I hope you will create a project and join us for the 

January Pink & Main Challenge!!

I would love to see what you create!!

You can find all of the rules there (there aren't many) and don't forget that you do not have to use Pink & Main products on your project. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

-Cardstock: Distress Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger), White (Georgia Pacific), Vellum

-Stamp: Hello Sweet (Pink & Main)

-Inks: VersaMark, Mermaid Lagoon Distress, Cracked Pistachio Distress & Abonded Coral Distress (Ranger)

-Misc.: Gold Sequins, Heirllom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist, Gold Embossing Powder, Foam Tape

Pink & Main Challenge #3

Hey everyone!

I hope your Sunday is going great! 

Today marks the start of a new challenge over at 

Pink & Main!

The theme for the November challenge is.....

Thanks/Thank You/Thanksgiving

You just need to simply create a new project, post it to your blog and enter by adding it to the inlinkz at the Pink & Main Challenge Blog.

Easy Peasy!!

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

I don't send out too many cards for Thanksgiving so I decided to go with a Thank You card. I can always use those :) I used that cute little whale from the Whale Of A Time stamp set from Pink & Main. I just think he is so darn cute! I recently got some Zig Clean Color Brush pens and decided I would color him using those. I am still learning with them but I love how the texture from the watercolor paper added a little more depth to my whale. For my greeting I used two different stamp sets and a little masking to create my sentiment. The "tons of" came from the Whale Of A Time set (I masked off the love) and the "thanks" came from the Stitched Greetings set.  I finished off my card with a fun little bow and a few sequins.

I hope you will create a project and join us for the 

November Pink & Main Challenge!!

I would love to see what you create!!

You can find all of the rules there (there aren't many) and don't forget that you do not have to use Pink & Main products on your project. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific), Watercolor (Ranger)

Pattern Paper: The Pink Navy (The Paper Studio)

Stamp: Whale of a Time and Stitched Greetings (Pink & Main)

Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger)

Dies: Nesting Circles (WRMK)

Misc.: Ribbon, Wink of Stella Clear, Zig Clean Color Brush Pens, Sequins, Corner Chomper (WRMK), Foam tape. 

Stretch Your Dies---Day 4

Happy Wednesday!

Today I am back with another card that I made for the 

Stretch Your Dies class from Online Card Classes.

Today's class was about getting maximizing your card design and getting two cards by using the negative as well as the positive to create two cards with the same layout yet a different look on each. This technique was shown to us by Kristina Werner.

Here are the cards that I created using this technique:

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Neenah Solar White & Watercolor Cardstock

Dies: 4x4 Journal Die + More, Stitched Heart Layering Dies, Happy Thoughts (MCT)

Misc.: Crayola Watercolors, Foam Adhesive

Stretch Your Dies--Day 2

Hi!

I'm back with another card that I made for the 

Stretch Your Dies online class from Online Card Classes .

This is the card that I made using a technique card "die cuts within a larger die" taught to us by Kristina Werner.

I thought this was going to be really difficult but it was actually quite easy. I had a lot of fun with this card! I even got to watercolor which I love but rarely do. :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Watercolor Cardstock & Neenah Solor White

Inks: Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose & Peeled Paint Distress Inks (Ranger)

Dies: Bunch Of Fun Circles , Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves, Speech Bubble Sentiments (My Creative Time)

Misc.: Foam Adhesive, Ribbon, Glossy Accents, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Holiday Card Workshop Day 3

Happy Friday!

Today I have another card to share with you that I made for the Holiday Card Workshop 2014.

This is the card that I made for the Day 3, Watercolor Resist technique that was shown to us by the very talented Kristina Werner.

For my card, I decided to go with a non traditional color scheme. I figured the turquoise blue would compliment the snowflakes. My greeting as well as the snowflakes came from the Winter Cheer set by My Creative Time. My stitched card layers also came from My Creative Time. You can find those in the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies + More set.  For my watercolor, I just used what I had on hand, which is just the Crayola Watercolors. I popped up my top layer with some foam adhesive and added a few pieces of some gray bling as well as a twine bow.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

My Creative Time Products:

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies + More

Winter Cheer

Other Products:

Cardstock: Watercolor Cardstock (Canson), All Others (Recollections)

Ink: VersaMark

Misc.: Twine (Spritz), Foam Adhesive, Bling, Crayola Watercolors.

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Day 5

Happy Tuesday!!

Today I have another card to show you that I made for the

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Online Card Class.

This is the card that I created as part of my homework:

For my card, I used the technique from Jennifer Rzasa. She showed how to use your distress inks not only to  stamp but to watercolor your image as well. For my rose, I wanted more of a bold vibrant color so with the help of my stamp a ma jig, I was able to keep reapplying the color to the stamp so that I could build lots of layers of ink. 

Here is a close up of my flower:

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

My Creative Time Products:

Springtime In Paris (for my sentiment)

Trio Stitched Banners

Other Products:

Cardstock: Real Red (SU!), Watercolor cardstock. Inks: Fired Brick, Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz). Misc.: Foam Adhesive, bling, ribbon, Inkadinkado stamp (rose)